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... truth and freedom as important now as they were in the days of primi- tive Puritanism . They are to be maintained , -if either reli- gious truth or religious freedom is worthy to be maintained among men . The conflicts of principle at ...
... truth and freedom as important now as they were in the days of primi- tive Puritanism . They are to be maintained , -if either reli- gious truth or religious freedom is worthy to be maintained among men . The conflicts of principle at ...
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... truth . " * To this caricature of the Puritans , no one has contributed more effectually than the historian Hume . He spares no pains to stigmatize them as " zealots , " whose " principles " appear " fri- volous , " and whose " habits ...
... truth . " * To this caricature of the Puritans , no one has contributed more effectually than the historian Hume . He spares no pains to stigmatize them as " zealots , " whose " principles " appear " fri- volous , " and whose " habits ...
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... truth , the vindication of the religious and civil rights of man , as the end of their labors aud the reward of their perseverance . From Hume's sketch of the Reformation , and his delineation of the character of the Puritans , it is ...
... truth , the vindication of the religious and civil rights of man , as the end of their labors aud the reward of their perseverance . From Hume's sketch of the Reformation , and his delineation of the character of the Puritans , it is ...
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... truth ! Years of oppression had preceded . Multiplied wrongs had been inflicted . The tax on tea was a trifle ; the principle involved was of untold importance to the welfare of millions yet unborn , and to the liberties of the world ...
... truth ! Years of oppression had preceded . Multiplied wrongs had been inflicted . The tax on tea was a trifle ; the principle involved was of untold importance to the welfare of millions yet unborn , and to the liberties of the world ...
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... truth ; for their country ; for God . But these preliminary matters need not farther occupy our attention . We must return to the days of the Puritans , and dwell among them ; hearing their statements , witnessing their distresses ...
... truth ; for their country ; for God . But these preliminary matters need not farther occupy our attention . We must return to the days of the Puritans , and dwell among them ; hearing their statements , witnessing their distresses ...
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Page 378 - Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven ? (that is, to bring Christ down from above ;) or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) But what saith it ? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart : that is, the word of faith which we preach...
Page 363 - Christ never appointed two ways to Heaven, nor did He build a Church to save some, and make another institution for other men's salvation. There is no other Name under Heaven given among men whereby we must be saved, but the Name of Jesus ; and that Name is no otherwise given under Heaven than in the Church.
Page 162 - ... into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Page 286 - And the hand of the Lord was with them : and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord.
Page 352 - And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me : that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Page 327 - And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all. And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him, sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more.
Page 308 - And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
Page 259 - They solemnly declare, that the present act has no other object than to publish, in the face of the whole world, their fixed resolution, both in the administration of their respective states, and in their political relations with every other government, to take for their sole guide the precepts of that holy religion, namely, the precepts of justice, Christian charity, and peace, which, far from being applicable only to private concerns, must have an immediate influence on the counsels of princes...
Page 88 - FORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; in sure and certain hope of the Resurrection to eternal life...
Page 258 - They solemnly declare that the present Act has no other object than to publish in the face of the whole world their fixed resolution, both in the administration of their respective States and in their political relations with every other Government, to take for their sole guide the precepts of that Holy Religion, namely the precepts of Justice, Christian Charity and Peace...